The Shadow's Edge
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Film / 1940
Parole Fixer
Directed by
Robert Florey
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
The story
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
Cast
William HenryScott Britton
Virginia DaleEnid Casserly
Robert PaigeSteve Eddson
Gertrude MichaelCollette Menthe
Richard DenningBruce Eaton
Fay HelmRita Mattison
Anthony QuinnFrancis 'Big Boy' Bradmore
Harvey StephensBartley Hanford
Marjorie GatesonMrs. Thorton Casserly
Charlotte WyntersNellie
Lyle TalbotRoss Waring
Louise BeaversAunt Lindy
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Paul McGrathTyler Craden
Wilfred RobertsFrank Preston
Jack CarsonGeorge Mattison
Richard CarleGustav Kalkus
Eddie MarrEdward 'Slim' Racky
Morgan WallaceBen
Sonny BuppBobby Mattison
Billy LeeJimmy Mattison
Harry ShannonRandall
Russell HicksU.S. District Court Judge
Joseph CrehanWarden (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerFlorist (uncredited)
John GallaudetEdward Bradshaw (uncredited)
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